by the Central Intelligence Agency

“ ECONOMY GDP: $92.6 billion (1980 est., current prices) , $1,087 per capita; 7.8% growth rate (1980 est.)
Agriculture: main crops—peanuts, cotton, cocoa, rubber, yams, cassava, sorghum, palm kernels, millet, corn, rice; livestock; almost self-sufficient
Fishing: catch 535,435 metric tons (1979) ; imports $14.5 million (1974)
Major industries: mining—crude oil, natural gas, coal, tin, columbite; processing industries—oil palm, peanut, cotton, rubber, petroleum, wood, hides, skins ”

“ Land boundaries: 4,034 km
WATER Limits of territorial waters (claimed) : 30 nm (fishing 200 nm; exclusive economic zone 200 nm)
Coastline: 853 km
PEOPLE Population: 82,396,000 (July 1982) , average annual growth rate 3.3%
Nationality: noun—Nigerian (s) ”